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No, you are giving them far too little. Joel Send a noteboard - 13/02/2013 03:33:03 PM
Most of the good that has come about has been an unintended byproduct of actions to increase their own power and deliver their own message. They being the institution in this sense.

And as for World War 2, individuals may have committed great acts, but the institution did not.

But here and now they already have power in Africa for example, and they could use it for some good, but they probably wont, because they are only interested in increasing their hold, and their power.

It defies plausibility to assert a two millennia old international organization has NEVER done anything positive except ac/incidentally. Dismissing the staggering quality and quantity of its beneficial accomplishments as the work of individuals rather than the organization is just evasion; the church to which they dedicated their lives and made sacred vows deeply inspired the behavior of all those individuals. When Catholic priests, nuns and laity perform acts of charity and service the church requires of them, much of their motivation is honoring that requirement. It is thus absurd to deny the church any role in that. We cannot call Boys Town solely Father Flanagans work, to the exclusion of the Roman Catholic Church (who funded it,) because he and the church are impossible to segregate from each other.
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One mistake in my original post..... - 13/02/2013 01:27:48 AM 606 Views
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Hate to jump you again but are you sure you mean Timothy? - 14/02/2013 11:54:00 PM 625 Views
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Heh, yeah, I guess I slightly mischaracterized what you were saying. - 13/02/2013 05:54:05 PM 656 Views
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You give them too much credit. - 11/02/2013 11:19:06 PM 714 Views
Put on blinders much? - 11/02/2013 11:50:01 PM 642 Views
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You're showing some glaring bias and hostility here - 12/02/2013 01:58:17 PM 557 Views
No, you are giving them far too little. - 13/02/2013 03:33:03 PM 572 Views
Oh, that. - 12/02/2013 03:04:42 PM 525 Views
That's such a load - 13/02/2013 01:39:45 AM 627 Views
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Now this would be interesting.... - 13/02/2013 06:51:40 PM 650 Views
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Pope Bene-victed... - 19/02/2013 07:56:17 AM 795 Views
Hurrah, Ras. I love a good pun or three. *NM* - 19/02/2013 01:55:11 PM 264 Views

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